STATE CAPITAL Highlights. o Sidelights
Texas Industrial Commission votes 5 to 1 to avoid political controversy and focus on attracting industry. Since 1958 TIC claims 475 plants located in Texas with plans for 375 more across 99 counties. Governor Daniel defends local control in Houston school dispute. Inheritance tax ruling shifts $100,000 to federal treasury via Susan Clayton bequest. Naming dispute over San Marcos New Braunfels park to be reconsidered in October. Pistols law loopholes urged for tighter controls. Old age rolls decline as more rely on Social Security and other benefits. Texas auto inspections begin with 4.5 million vehicles and a spring deadline.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Industrial Commission
Texas
al H. Chesser
Railroad Brotherhood
Er. B. Germany
Commission
Germany
TIC
Walter Dickerson
Houston
Price Daniel
Houston School Board
Gov
Daniel
Houston Board
Sam
Attorney General's Department
Susan Vauhn Clayton
United States of America
San Marcos
New Braunfels
State Parks Board
San Marcos State Park
San Marcons
State Conference On Aging
Stonewall prepares for Centennial Parade and events
Stonewall gears up for a grand Centennial Parade featuring entries from VFW Hermann Sons and local groups. Officials, school bands, sheriff posses, and a caravan from HKagle Rock Ranch will parade. Attendants will enjoy meat plates, a souvenir program, antique displays, contests and a 9 am judging with broadcasts on KNAF.
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Stonewall
VFW
Hermann Sons
Hkagle Rock Ranch
Wimberly
Charlie Capps Ranch
Blanco
Simon Burg Ranch
Pedernales
John Pehl
KNAF
Mason City Clerk Belmore Lange Drowns Fishing
Mason City Clerk Belmore Lange, 42, drowned Monday while fishing in the Llano River ten miles southwest of Mason. His wife witnessed the accident as he slipped into a deep hole weighted by boots and a minnow bucket. Lange, a 12 year city official, was found after authorities were notified. Services were held at First Baptist Church with burial in Gooch Cemetery. He served as deacon and church officer and was a Mason Lions Club member. Survivors include his wife two children and other relatives.
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Mason
Belmore Lange
Llano River
Lange
Mason City
Simon
First Baptist Church
Gooch
Onion Creek
Gillespie County
Gertrude Friday
Nachidoches
Baptist Church
Mason Lions Club
Lois Ann Lange
Jimmie Lange
Ernest Lange
Streeter
Willie Lange
Midland
Raymond Lange
Pershing Day Proclaimed by Eisenhower Centenary Honor
September 13, 1960 is designated General of the Armies John J. Pershing Centennial Day by President Eisenhower. A joint Congressional resolution honors Pershing on the centennial of his birth, noting his long life and service. He earned 19 honorary degrees and was U S Military Academy graduate in 1886, the only American to hold General of the Armies rank.
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John J. Pershing
Presiden Eisenhower
86Th Congress
General Pershing
Gen. Pershing
U.S. Military Academy
Cavalry
Lang Family Weekend Visit in Austin
Frank Lang of Austin spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lang.
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Frank Lang
Austin
Mrs
Louis Lang
Army Sp4 William Fey in Germany participates in Pelican-Killer exercise
Army Specialist Four William G. Fey 22 of Harp er Texas took part in Operation Pelican-Killer in Germany with the 46th Artillery Group. The five day field training involved realis tic combat conditions with scouting and patrolling against simulated aggressors. Fey arrived overseas in 1959 and works as a liquid oxygen plant operator in the 523d Engineer Company. His wife Glenda Sue lives in Harp er Texas.
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Neckarsulm
Germany
AHTNC
William G. Fey
Glenda Sue
Harper
Texas
46Th Artillery Group
Fay
523D
York Agricultural Institute
Jamestown
Tenn
Army
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Charles E. Foy
Allardt
Kerrville man visits grandmother during week
Wayne Knese of Kerrville spent last week visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Ida Kneese.
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Wayne Knese
Kerrville
Ida Kneese
Harper area social notes report weekend visits
Brownwood residents Mr and Mrs A L Bierschwale and family spent the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs Pete Whitworth. George Gipson and daughters from Segovia visited and shopped in Harper. Out of town guests Mr and Mrs Ray Wyatt from Bandera and Mr and Mrs Frank Stevenson from Kerrville attended the Mains Silver Wedding Anniversary.
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Clark Bierschwale
Brownwood
A. L. Bierschwale
Pete Whitworth
George Gipson
Daughters of Segovia
Harper
Ray Wyatt
Bandera
Frank Stevenson
Kerrville
Davis and Walden Families Spend Weekend with Stevens
Mr and Mrs Roy Davis and children of San Antonio and Mr and Mrs Howard Walden and son Frank, with a friend Dan Seng gin of Corpus Christi, spent the weekend with H. L. Stevens.
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Roy Davis
San Antonio
Howard Walden
Frank
Dan Senggin
Corpus Christi
H. L. Stevens
Russell families spend weekend with matriarch in Texas
Mr and Mrs V C Russell Jr and daughter of Killeen visit Mrs V C Russell Sr. Mrs E L Russell and family from Dripping Springs also join with Mr and Mrs Jack McRae of Dallas for a weekend gathering.
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V. C Russell Jr
Killeen
E. L. Russell
Dripping Springs
Jack McRae
Dallas
V. C. Russell Sr
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Federal Treasury
Will Wilson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Lyndon Johnson
Paul Klein
Erin Danz Tip Top
Kermit Hahne Sinclair
FHS
St. Mary's
Comfort High
Cornai County Sheriff Posse
Travis Co. Sheriff Posse
Alcafar Temple
Sheriffs
Roy Weinheimer
Ernest Hodges
Frederick Burg
Commission On Higher Education
State Highway Commission
Huntaville
Paris
State Department of Agriculture
Harley Gold
Herman Weinheimer
Stonewall Centennial Band
Wilburn Meier
Pat's Cubs
Kerrville Red Sox
Centennial Grounds
Otto Schumann
Albert
Stonewall School
Harold Rusenberger
Weinheimer
Johnson City
St. Mary’s
Simon Burg
Senator Johnson
Tom
Betty) Weinheimer
Charles Weinheimer
Stonewall Community Club
Stonewall Volunteer Fire Department
Main Junction
Gwyn House
Prop
Remington-Rand & Smith
Corona
John Deere
Krauskopf Bros
West Main St
Fredericksburg, Texas
H. Welge Lewis Independent
Mansfield
Fox
P. O
Tredericksburg
the Herald
Harper HerAlp
Harpper, Texas
Sp-4
Wm. Fey
Homelite
Port Chester
N.Y
Keyser
Bierschwale
Fredericksburg
Old Harper Road
Fredericksburg Savings & Loan Association
Frederiiksburg
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